Intel Xserve

#1 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 - 04:19 68kMLA

I decided to buy an Xserve for a website that I am creating. The Xserve has two main purposes which are to, well, act as a server, as well as become an addition to my collection.

Here are the specs:

(2) Dual Core Intel Xeon Processors at 2.0 GHz,

(2) Hot Swappable 80GB Hard Drives

4GB of Ram

RAID Card

Dual PSU's

This cost $276 plus shipping which, although is probably pricey (I'm not good at deciding what a good price would be), I am happy with it.

Hopefully, I will be able to put this to good use and the website will be a success.

#2 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 - 07:29 68kMLA

Congrats and good luck on the site!

I haven't been watching Xserve prices, so I have no idea on price either. Cheaper than a Mac Pro with similar power, last time I checked...that's for sure.

#3 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 - 14:24 68kMLA

That's a good choise!

Xserve's are just so cool. Always wanted one, but probl. not for running anything, they're quite noisy to run at corner of the living room :lol: probl. get one when such oppurtinity comes around.

#4 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 - 01:38 68kMLA

As far as price, I scored a DP 2.3 G5 for $100. Never been used (still have the box) and came loaded with a 80G and 2 500G drives. The megaraid card is utter crap, and since I already have a SuperI7XenMonster server, I dont need RAID for the Xserve. I'm really looking for one of those small SATA bundle doo-hickeys but thats for another day